Their main man, striker Bradley Wright-Phillips, continued his personal goal-scoring slump. BWP, who tallied but once this season hasn’t found the net in five consecutive games over 433 minutes. His lone goal this season was scored in the 4-1 home-opening win over the San Jose Earthquakes March 16.

To be fair, his teammates did not go a good job of setting up the perennial scoring threat and it certainly didn’t help that the team played without Kaku, serving a one-game suspension for his stoppage-time red card in the road draw at Sporting Kansas City last Sunday.

There is a good chance the Red Bulls will have to play without their playmaking midfielder for several games because the league could slap him with a multi-match ban for kicking the ball into the stands, which hit a fan’s face.

The Red Bulls will try to get their act together against expansion team FC Cincinnati at Red Bull Arena next Saturday night.

About The Author

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered eight World Cups, seven Olympics and all 21 MLS Cups. He writes about New York City FC, New York Cosmos and the U.S. national team for Newsday and pens a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has two more in the works, including one about the Rochester Lancers.